ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND      
       BEYOND THE  GREAT DAM.     
  IT  WAS BUILT  IN THE LATE  SIXTIES.  
     THE ELVES CAME TO US  THEN.    
                      
                      
 THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE 
 CAME TO TRUST THEM.           US 
 KIDS WOULD PLAY  DOWN  AT THE WATER EVEN 
 THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED.        
     SOMETIMES  THE SLUICE  WOULD CLOSE 
 ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER  AT THE  DAMS 
 FOOT  WOULD  DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY 
 WATER  GARDEN  THAT  HAD   BEEN   HIDDEN 
 BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE.      
      BEFORE THE  DAM  OPENED  AGAIN, 
 THERE WOULD BE  A SIGNAL, BUT THE  ELVES 
 WOULD  MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY 
 WE WOULD FIND THE  WATER RISING, ALREADY 
 AT  OUR KNEES.               
                      
   BY THEN  THE  ELVES  WOULD BE GONE.